Costa del Sol - Andalusië

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Aan de populaire Costa del SOL, de kust van de provincie Malaga, liggen naast de gelijknamige hoofdstad ook veel bekende kleine plaatsen, elk met haar eigen stranden. 

De Costa del SOL heeft een lange geschiedenis die 2.000 jaar geleden begon met de komst van de eerste zeevaarderes en handelaren, en altijd nauw verbonden is geweest met de zee. Oorspronkelijk zijn bijna alle plaatsen voormalige vissersdorpjes, die aan het begin van het massa tourisme vanaf de jaren vijftig een exponentiële groei hebben meegemaakt en die uiteindelijk samengegroeid zijn tot één van Spanje's belangrijkste vakantiegebieden. De Costa del Sol biedt stranden, terrassen, hotels, restaurants, bars, discotheken, pret- en waterparken, casinos, véél golfterreinen en de luxueuze sporthaven Puerto Banus van het excentrieke Marbella.

Luchthaven Málaga/Costa del SOL (AGP)  ligt tussen Malaga stad en Torremolinos (links in EN)

Natuurschoon en lieftallige dorpjes

Behalve het strand kun je op kleine afstand landinwaarts veel onverwacht natuurschoon en lieftallige, pitoresque Spaanse dorpjes vinden, die makkelijk te bezoeken zijn vanaf de Costa del Sol:

• Montes de Málaga, net ten noorden van Malaga zelf
• Het stadje Ronda en de omliggende Serranía de Ronda
• El Chorro of Desfiladero de los Gaitanes natuurpark
• El Torcal de Antequera natuurpark
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(nog te vertalen, met links naar pagina's in het Engels)

Heading from Malaga City to the west you find the following towns on the Costa del SOL:

• Torremolinos is located just 12 kilometres to the west from the provincial capital Malaga, in the heart of the Costa del Sol and is since decades a very popular destination for beach holidays
• Benalmádena is an important centre of the Costa del Sol, reaching a population of 60,000 at the height of summer...
• Mijas Costa is a tourist town at the foot of the hills of the same name, possesses typically Andalusian houses. Its traditional status as a mountain village has been combined harmoniously with a major tourist complex located in the coastal enclave of La Cala, where there are 12 kilometres of beaches...
• Fuengirola sits on a thin strip of coastline 8 kilometres long which has some of the best beaches of the Costa del Sol: Los Boliches, Fuengirola, La Campana, Torreblanca, Las Gaviotas...well tended beaches surrounded by a large and busy promenade where residential complexes, hotels, restaurants and other services which enable you to enjoy the sun and the sea in comfort...
• Marbella at 57 kilometres from the capital Malaga is a marvellous city situated in the heart of the Costa del Sol. You will find it to be a cosmopolitan enclave, the city is renowned for offering its thousands of visitors who come here no end of possibilities for enjoying their free time: beaches, numerous golf courses, 4 leisure harbours and unbeatable natural surroundings with luxury hotels, restaurants of all types and an intense nightlife...
• Estepona has a priveleged location between the scenery of the Nature Park of Sierra Bemeja and 21 kilometres of coast. This makes Estepona an important holiday destination. It also has, outside of the location itself, a range of special leisure attractions such as the nature reserve of Selwo, the equestrian school of "Costa del Sol", the congress centre and the leisure harbour...
• Manilva is surrounded by a sea of vineyards. It is 2 kilometres from the sea. Among its monuments, special mention should be made of Duquesa Castle, built to protect the coast from raids by pirates, and the 18th century Santa Ana Church...

Beyond Manilva you find the town of la Línea de la Concepción, Gibraltar (UK) and the port of Algeciras, which belong to the province of Cádiz. Although the are still on the Mediterranean coast, they officially do not belong to the Costa del SOL anymore.

Finally, at Tarifa, on the southern-most point of Spain and the southermost city of continental Europe, the Mediterranean sea merges into the Atlantic ocean and Costa del SOL converts to Costa de la Luz (the Coast of Light aka "the forgotten coast") which has a completely different character. The beaches and towns are still more in their original state and since it is not as exploited and massified, and you can still find many quiet and almost untouched beaches and bays.

To the east of Malaga City you find the towns of Rincón de la Victoria and Nerja.

Nerja can be found in the easternmost part of Axarquía, 50 kilometres from Malaga City and on the border of the province of Granada. Nerja, with a large choice of hotels, rooms, tourist villas etc. Offers a marvellous stay to visitors and an unequalled location for taking a holiday surrounded by mountains and beaches....

Beyond Nerja you reach the province of Granada and the Costa del SOL turns into the Costa Tropical (Tropical Coast).

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